Patents Assigned to Boon Edam B.V.
  • Patent number: 7401438
    Abstract: A revolving door for placement in a facade of a building to provide an entrance and exit to the building, comprising a rotation axis and door leaves mounted on the rotation axis, placed between cylinder segment-like shell elements, wherein the shell elements comprise at least one movable wall segment. The movable wall segment either blocks or gives way to an area between the entrance and the exit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Boon Edam B.V.
    Inventor: Paul Joseph Wild
  • Patent number: 7052390
    Abstract: A revolving door for installation in a building, comprising a cylindrical shell wall, within the shell wall door leaves rotating about a central shaft and between a bottom plate and a top plate, and entrance and exit openings provided in the shell wall, at least one of which having an air-outflow unit disposed at a vertical edge of the shell wall, having an outlet slot for the generation of a vertically oriented and between the bottom plate and the top plate oriented air curtain substantially filling the headroom of the door, wherein the outlet slot is directed substantially radially towards the interior of the revolving door, and wherein during use the door leaves provide an antidraught seal, with the air-outflow unit being placed inside the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Boon Edam B.V.
    Inventors: Gertjan Otto, Ronald Frank Joosten, Volkert Fester
  • Patent number: 7021002
    Abstract: A revolving door comprising an at least partly cylindrical shell wall, which has an entrance and an exit, and two rotating door leaves, which during normal operation are in place extended in the opposite direction of each other inside the shell wall. Between the shell wall and an end of at least one door leaf, which end can move near and along the shell wall, a sliding door is provided, which is suitable for closing off the entrance or exit, respectively, and during normal operation the end of the door leaf is constantly positioned near the sliding door and between its lateral edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Boon Edam B.V.
    Inventor: René Cornelis Nat
  • Publication number: 20050268557
    Abstract: A revolving door comprising a cylindrical wall, and placed above the cylindrical wall a roof construction provided with a connecting element disposed in the centre of the door and girders extending radially therefrom, with at least one rotatable door leaf being suspended from the roof construction within the cylindrical wall and below the roof construction, while the cylindrical wall is provided with passage openings, the girders being placed under pre-tension, in order to create an upward force on the connecting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Applicant: BOON EDAM B.V.
    Inventor: Niels Huber
  • Patent number: 6938371
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turnstile suitable for the controlled admittance of persons to a building or to an otherwise enclosed or guarded area, comprising a body mounted on a rotatable and blockable axis, which body is provided with at least three arms extending from the body, the arms being oriented such that when rotation of the body is blocked, at least one of the arms is positioned to prevent passage, while the arms extend substantially horizontally or at an angle upwards from the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Boon Edam B.V.
    Inventor: Marcel Van Beek
  • Publication number: 20040211120
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turnstile suitable for the controlled admittance of persons to a building or to an otherwise enclosed or guarded area, comprising a body mounted on a rotatable and blockable axis, which body is provided with at least three arms extending from the body, the arms being oriented such that when rotation of the body is blocked, at least one of the arms is positioned to prevent passage, while the arms extend substantially horizontally or at an angle upwards from the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Applicant: Boon Edam B.V.
    Inventor: Marcel Van Beek
  • Publication number: 20040172880
    Abstract: A revolving door for installation in a building, comprising a cylindrical shell wall, within the shell wall door leaves rotating about a central shaft and between a bottom plate and a top plate, and entrance and exit openings provided in the shell wall, at least one of which having an air-outflow unit disposed at a vertical edge of the shell wall, having an outlet slot for the generation of a vertically oriented and between the bottom plate and the top plate oriented air curtain substantially filling the headroom of the door, wherein the outlet slot is directed substantially radially towards the interior of the revolving door, and wherein during use the door leaves provide an antidraught seal, with the air-outflow unit being placed inside the building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Applicant: BOON EDAM B.V.
    Inventors: Gertjan Otto, Ronald Frank Joosten, Volkert Fester
  • Patent number: 6557299
    Abstract: A revolving door has driven door panels, which are movably positioned around a central rotating element. Each pair of door panels has an individual drive. The driving speed for each door panel is chosen on the basis of the position taken by said door panel in its path of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Boon Edam B.V.
    Inventor: Gertjan Otto
  • Patent number: 6370822
    Abstract: A revolving door has driven door panels, which are movably positioned around a central rotating element. Each pair of door panels has an individual drive. The driving speed for each door panel is chosen on the basis of the position taken by said door panel in its path of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Boon Edam B.V.
    Inventor: Gertjan Otto
  • Patent number: 5878529
    Abstract: An entrance device for placement in a facade of a building includes at least two revolving doors. Each of the revolving doors has an input section and an output section. A sliding door provides closure of the input and output sections of the two revolving doors. The sliding door is disposed between the two revolving doors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: Boon Edam B.V.
    Inventor: Jacob Robert Alfred Huber
  • Patent number: 5203111
    Abstract: A revolving door for the protection of the access to and/or exit from a room is provided with a revolving shaft having a number of door wings spaced evenly around it, a pair of panels at opposite ends bordering on the path followed by the door wings and forming a partly closed zone with a first and a second opening, a drive motor for the shaft and a control unit for the drive motor. Further a monitor unit is provided having a detection aerial, which aerial generates a detection field, such that when a person carrying an authorization card enters the detection field the monitor unit sends an enable signal to the control unit to turn the shaft through a predetermined angle in the direction of passage to allow the person to proceed from the one opening to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1993
    Assignee: Boon Edam B.V.
    Inventors: Jacob R. A. Huber, Erik J. Huber
  • Patent number: 5201142
    Abstract: A revolving provided with a number of door wings which can be driven with the aid of a drive mechanism. This comprises a chain running in a substantially horizontal plane along a number of chain wheels in an essentially polygonal path and operatively engaging at least one door wing via a carrier. This carrier comprises two hinged rods which engage the chain at two spaced apart points and are interconnected via a lever which is movably and driveably connected to the door wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1993
    Assignee: Boon Edam B.V.
    Inventor: Josephus A. M. Rouwendaal
  • Patent number: 5187895
    Abstract: A revolving door, particularly for the protection of the access to a room, comprises a rotating shaft, a number of door wings spaced around it and mounted thereto and a pair of opposite panels bordering the door wings and defining a partly closed zone with a first and a second opening. Further a drive motor for the shaft and a control unit for the drive motor are provided. The revolving door is provided with a detection means for detecting a person authorized or unauthorized to access the room, and a first sensor for detecting an unauthorized person entering the zone through the first or the second opening respectively. The control unit turns off the drive motor in response to the first sensor. A second sensor is adapted to detect the presence of an unauthorized person outside said zone in or close to the first or second opening respectively, wherein the control unit turns off the drive motor in response to said second sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1993
    Assignee: Boon Edam B.V.
    Inventor: Jacob R. A. Huber